GM So still on top of Vietnam chess By Marlon BernardinoCebu Daily NewsFirst Posted 10:28:00 08/31/2008 STANDINGS: 4.0 points — GM Wesley So (RP), GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia), GM Dao Thien Hai (Vietnam), GM Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) 3.5 — IM Richard Bitoon (RP), GM Tu Hoang Thong (Vietnam), GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (Vietnam), […]
GM Nigel Short accused of libel by FIDE
Short accused of libel By Malcolm PeinLast Updated: 12:01am BST 30/04/2007 There have been some laughable episodes in Fide over the years but I thought Nigel Short was joking when he told me that he has been hauled before the Fide Ethics Committee accused of defaming Fide Vice President Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Deputy President Georgios […]
FIDE VP fired back at Short
FIDE Vice President GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili fired back at GM Nigel Short for his recent comments: I am fond of my profession, and of chess players. For all my conscious life I have been trying to make everything favorable for them. I think that the Calvia incident is proof enough that I do care for […]